Dewey Leading Early as GOP Convention Opens
California delegates back Dewey on first ballot pushing his total toward nomination. Alabama also backs Dewey with 12 of 14 votes as Dewey leads in early balloting. Bricker and Stassen remain in contention with others proposed as delegates. Delegates gather in Chicago with Warren delivering the keynote and Green welcoming.
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Iowa
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Bricker
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Minnesota
Cmdr
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Wendel L. Willkie
Robert Taft
Ohio
Willkie
Warren
OShaughnessy Dies At Home At 38
Columbus resident Jerry A. OShaughnessy owner of the OShaughnessy fun home died at his residence yesterday after a long illness. He was 38 years old.
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Columbus
Jerry A. O'Shaughnessy
Bricker Campaign Seeks Convention Spotlight
Ohio Governor Bricker and supporters press to appear in person before the national Republican convention as Dewey leads in early ballots. Backers argue a direct appeal could sway delegates. Bricker remains hopeful despite a rising tide for Dewey.
Tornado Toll Rises Across Three States
A devastating Friday night tornado left at least 146 dead and over 1,000 injured across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland. Red Cross led rehabilitation as officials estimated property damage near 3 million dollars with West Virginia reporting 102 deaths Pennsylvania 41 and Maryland three.
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Red Cross
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Maryland
Jerry Wakefield
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Dewey Manager Talked In Chicago Nomination Fight
As the Republican national convention opens in Chicago speculation centers on who will lead Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's campaign. The talk favors Herbert Brownell a 40 year old Manhattan lawyer for a prominent role.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Herbert Brownell
Manhattan
Father Son Drown at Cleveland Park Lake
George Bernhardtsen age 44 and his son William age 16 drowned at Lakewood Park Lake yesterday as the father attempted to rescue the boy who wandered into deep water trying to loosen a snagged fishing line.
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Cleveland
George Bernhardtsen
William
Lakewood Park
Behind the Scenes Trumpet at Republican Convention
The AP reports heavy behind the scenes work as GOP delegates align votes for Dewey and Bricker ahead of Wednesday balloting. Campaign managers operate quietly in upstairs rooms while delegates mingle in Stevens Hotel lobbies contemplating November’s outcome.
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Dewey
Ohio
Bricker
Stevens Hotel
Kentucky
Use of Gas by Japs Is Charged by Chinese
Chinese high command reports severe fighting northwest of Hengyang as Japanese forces threaten the Hankow Canton Railway in their boldest China action since 1938. A communique accuses Japan of using poison gas east of Hengyang on Saturday night and earlier gas at Ningjiang and Changsha before its fall.
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Changsha
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Greensboro
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Airmen Pound Supply Dumps Inside France
Allied air forces pressed from Britain and Italy overnight targeting German installations in France near the front. Mosquitos attacked supply dumps and troop concentrations while bombers focused on Budapest and areas east of the Danube as weather threatened further operations.
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Italy
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France
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Seine
Grand Canyon Airman Rescue Effort Underway
Rangers ride 40 miles along canyon walls to reach an Army airman stranded 500 feet above the Colorado River 4500 feet below the north rim. A Coast Guardsman-led boat team prepares rescue gear flown from the Pacific Coast for a daylight extraction near Tonto plateau. The flier is believed to be one of three who parachuted last Wednesday when the bomberDeveloped trouble forced them down.
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Tonto Plateau
Willkie Remains Flexible on Convention Plans
Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential nominee, says he has no plans to attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago and will not reveal his political action course until the 1944 ticket is named. He adds he wants to remain flexible for the time being.
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Dwight Green
Illinois
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California
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Roosevelt
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Dewey
New York
Wendell Willkie
Chicago
Willkie
Drafting of Doctors And Dentists Ordered
Columbus Ohio draft boards may classify 1 A and order induction physicians and dentists under 38 who have been certified for military service by the War Manpower Commission but failed to apply or accept commissions. Col. Chester W Goble, state selective service director, announced today.
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Ohio
War Manpower Commission
Chester W. Goble
Allied Push in Italy Seizes Piombino as Siena Drives Advance
Fifth Army troops capture Piombino port to secure a supply base for west coast advances in Italy. American and French units tighten positions around Siena while continuing pressure on German forces retreating from Piombino. Armies advance near Leghorn and Elba, with French forces pushing along the Ombrone and Castiglione della Dorcia areas.
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Remnants of Germans in Great French Port Seek Refuge in Suburbs
Soviet advances across a 250 mile front drive German forces back toward Vitebsk as the Red Army pushes westward. Moscow claims thousands killed and equipment seized while a German unit defects to the Reds. The drive aims for a Baltic Sea breakthrough and Prussia.
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Berlin
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Allied troops tighten grip on Cherbourg port
U S forces break Nazi resistance in Cherbourg center as British troops strike at Caen to Tilly Sur Seulles. Don Whitehead reports “fighting everywhere” in the port while Germans retreat toward Cape de la Hague. Allied HQ notes severe combat but imminent liberation.
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German International Information Bureau
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Son of Ohio sergeant drowns near Columbus
Seventeen year old Maxwell Stevens, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest O Stevens of Kinnikinnick Ross County, drowned Saturday night while he and two friends were setting turtle lines west of Columbus. His father is a technical sergeant with the Army in England.
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Maxwell Stevens
Ernest O. Stevens
Kinnikinnick
Ross County
England
Prisoners Crowded in Cherbourg Cages
American forces report 3340 prisoners taken in the last 24 hours as hundreds more stream into cages at Cherbourg. Patrols in the city center faced small arms fire from snipers and pockets of resistance.
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Allied Drive Reaches Cape de La Hague Front
American forces push across the north eastern tip of the peninsula mopping up pockets of German resistance. German troops entrenched underground near Cap de La Hague and remnants of four divisions make a stand as Rommel attempts to retake Ste Honorine la Chardonnerette but is repelled amid rain dampening air activity.
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Vauville
Equer-Dreville
Cherbourg
Erwin Rommel
British and Chinese Gain in North Burma
British and Chinese forces stormed the Japanese North Burma base of Mogaung from three sides over the weekend while American troops pushed toward Myitkyina. British troops in India advanced 20 to 30 miles north of Imphal along the Kohima Road in pursuit of retreating Japanese after their Kohima Imphal Road defeat.
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Ceylon
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
India
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Kohima Imphal
Reckless Defense of Marianas Costs Japs 747 Planes and Six Flat-Tops
U S Pacific Fleet reports Japan poured 747 planes and six carriers into a fruitless Marianas defense. Americans land on Northern Saipan, hold half the island, and push defenders into the mountains. Losses and battles continue near Biak, Garapan, and surrounding areas as air and sea actions mount.
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